Ice-planer.



No. 670,698. Patented Mar. 26, l90l. H. BODENSTEIN.

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lCE-PLANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 670,698, dated March 26, 1901}.

Application filed May 7, 1900. Serial No. 15,722. (No model.)

lington, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in IcaPlaners, of

ence being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in ice-planers, and refers particularly to planers such as are employed in connection with elevators used for carrying ice to the warehouse or ice-storage house. One object of my invention is the provision of an ice-planer which will reduce the ice to an even thickness under all circumstances and which can be adjusted to plane or smooth the surface of the ice or to form grooves or corrugations on the surface thereof, as desired and necessary.

Another object of myinvention is the provision of an ice-planer which can be quickly adjusted to plane the ice and which will be retained firmly and reliably at the desired adjustment under the heavyand severe strain to which it is subjected.

Another object of my invention is the provision of an ice-planer which will be light in weight and which can be operated perfectly by a single attendant, thus dispensing with the amount of labor usually found necessary and avoiding the placing of severe hardship upon the attendant or attendants, as has heretofore been the case.

Another object of my invention is the provision of an ice-planer for use in connection with ice-elevators which will be superior in points of simplicity, durability,,and inexpensiveness and which will be thoroughly efficient and practical.

To attain the desired objects, my invention consists of an ice-planerembodying novel featu res of construction and combination of parts, substantially as disclosed herein.

In order that the details of construction of my ice-planer and its operation may be readily understood and its numerous advantages be fully appreciated, I have illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings a machine constructed in accordance with and embodying my invention.

. Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my ice-planer with a sufficient portion of an elevator to show the relation or combination of myplaner to the elevator. Fig. 2 represents a central sectional view, a series of cakes of ice being shown upon the endless carrier and the carriage with knives being shown in full lines in operative position and in dotted lines out of operative position. Fig. 3 represents a detail view, on an enlarged scale, of a portion of the carriage, guide-frame, and rack and shoe with cutters. Fig. 4 represents a perspective view of the ice-planer and a portion of the elevator, and Fig. 5 represents a detail viewof the shoe with planer or knife applied anddetached to show the manner of applying knives or cutters.

Referring by numerals to the drawings, in which similar numerals of reference denote corresponding parts in the several views, the numeral 1 designates-a portion of an elevator, such as usually employed for elevating and conducting ice to storage-houses and which is provided with an endless carrier 2, which is operated in any manner and delivers the ice to the ice-house.

The framework of my planer, which is re liably secured to the elevator, consists of the vertical supports 3 and the horizontal rails 4, which frame is made of the proper dimensions and is strong, though light in weight.

To the rails are rigidly secured the rack-bars 5, with which engage the gear-wheels 6, carried by the transverse shaft 7, which at one end carries the hand-wheel 8, the purpose of which is to revolve the shaft and move the carriage 9, in which shaft 7 is journaled.

The carriage 9 is provided with guides or cleats 10, which fit upon the horizontal rails, and the guide on one side of the carriage is provided with a dog or detent 11, which on gages one of the gear-wheels and retains the carriage at any point of adjustment along the rack-bars, and to prevent the carriage from accidental movement or displacement by reason of the veryheavystrain I provide the ad:

justable stops or abutments 12, which em brace and bite against the rails, asclearly.

shown, each of said stops being in the form of a clamp or vise. To the carriage are connected the shoes 13, one end beingpivoted or swung at 14 and the other end at the upper used with the cutter-bars when it is desired ily understood from the foregoing descripi must be subjected.

justed and held bythe 'clip 20 to the bars 21,

,an operator and also avoid the heavy work rails, rack-bars secured to the rails, a carriage portion being providedwith slots 15, in which fit adjustingkscrews 16, with nuts 1 7, by which construction it will be seen" that the planers 18 or the corrugating-knives 19 may be adwhich are secured to the shoes. It will be understood that the planers are to smooth the surface ofthe ice and that the fluted knives are used when it is necessary to corrugate or groove the face of the ice.

The operation of myice-planer will be readtion, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and it will be apparent that the carriage is adjusted to] the proper and desired point 'on'the rack-bars according to the size of the blocks of ice and also to the thickness which it is desired to remove from the ice, and whenthe proper and desired adjustment has been obtained the elevator brings the cakes of ice against the firstknife or planer and a portionof the surface is removed, and then the cakes are brought against'the second knife or planer and the finishing of the planing is accomplished, the ice then being conveyed in the proper size and shape to the ice-house and stored therein.

The advantages of my machine will be readily understood by all skilled in the ice business, and it will be seen that the ice may be' planed or corrugated and any amount of the ice removed as circumstances require and the work accomplished rapidlyand perfectly. It will also'be noted that-the machine can be easily and quicklyadjusted to the work and. remain in that position, and thus dispense with the constant attention of which is now thrown upon the attendant. It will'also appear that my machine is extremely simple in construction and can be produced at a very low figure and also that it is light and compact in weight, butsufficiently strong to withstand the hardest strain and the damaging influences to which such machines I claim 1. The combination with an inclined iceelevator, of a horizontally-disposed frame, horizontall y-dis posed rack-bars on said frame, a carriage movableon said frame and having gear-wheels engaging said rack-bars, cutters carried by said carriage, means engaging one of said gear-wheels to hold the carriage in its adjusted position and stops for limiting the adjustment of the carriage, as set forth.

2. The combination of the frame composed of the vertical supports and the longitudinal carrying gear-wheels engaging the rack-bars for moving the carriage, adog'or pawlengagshoes carried by the carriage and having eross-ibar's provided with means for securing the'knives-or planers.

3. The combination with an inclined iceelevator, a frame connected therewith hori zontally disposed, rack-bars secured to said frame, acarriage mounted on the frame, gears carried by the carriage and meshing with the rack-bars, means for securing the carriage at any adjustment on the rack-bars, shoes connected to the carriage one being pivoted and the other adjustable and cutters or planers,

secured to and carried by the shoes.

4. Inan ice-planer, the combination with an inclined ice-elevator, of the horizontal frame, a carriage mounted upon and traveling on the horizontal frame, devices for retaining the carriage at any desired adjustment upon said frame, adjustable shoes carried by said-carriage, and cutters mountedin the shoes.

5. In an ice-planer, the combination with ,an inclined ice-elevator of a horizontal frame supported thereon, rack-bars secured to the horizontal frame, a shaft carrying gear-wheels which engage. with said rack-bars, a carriage .supported upon said shaft, devices for holding the carriage at any place upon the rackbars, means for limiting the travel of the carriage, shoes secured to the carriage and carrying a series of cutters.

6. In an ice-planer, the combination with an inclined elevator, the frame composed of the vertical standards and the horizontal side rails, the carriage mounted on the side rails and adapted to move thereon, means for bold ing the carriage at any desired adjustment and means for regulating the travel of the carriage, adjustable shoes carried by the carriage, and cutters mounted in said shoes.

'7. In an ice-planer, the, combination With an inclined elevator, the frame having the horizontal rack-bars, the carriage having the gear-wheels engaging the rack-bars, the pivoted dogs or pawls for retaining the carriage at any point on the rack-bars, the adjustable stops for limiting the movement of the carriage, the pivoted adjustable'shoes in the car riage and the cutters carried by the shoes.

In testimony? whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY BODEN STEIN.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM H. H. TUTTLE, R. WALTER HILLIARD. 

